With the Hubble Space Telescope's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, on schedule to reach outer space in 2018, taking Hubble's place as NASA's premier eye in the sky, it seems appropriate to look back on what may become Hubble's most enduring legacy: its stunning images. Besides the huge amo
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By surgically implanting a miniature telescope in the eye, doctors have successfully magnified objects in patients’ central vision. It’s not a quick fix, and requires intense rehabilitation -- but the results can be dramatic. NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.

Jim Hindman started losing his vision after developing dry age related macular degeneration. He got the implantable miniature telescope placed in his left eye, and says the surgery to implant it was painless.

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